Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Economics & Management (Expected 2024)

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Master of Science in Applied Economics & Management (2020)

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics & Economics (2014)

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Research Interests

Public Economics & Applied Microeconomics; Economics & Indigenous peoples

Special Committee

Dr. Seth Sanders (co-chair), Dr. Ravi Kanbur (co-chair), Dr.  Chris Forman, and Dr. Dan Black (University of Chicago)

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant to

Dr. Seth Sanders (Cornell University, spring 2022-)

Dr. Bradley Rickard (Cornell University, summers 2020-2022)

Dr. Ariel Ortiz-Bobea (Cornell University, spring 2020)

Dr. Jennifer Ifft (Cornell University, fall 2019)

Other Research Experience

Senior Research Assistant, Brookings Institution (Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy), Washington DC (Jan. 2016 - July 2017)

Research Assistant, Resources for the Future, Washington DC (May 2014 - Dec. 2015)

Awards & Honors

DC Center for Equitable Growth Doctoral Grant ($15,000) for the project “Long-term own and dynamic complementarity effects of the WIC program” (2023)

Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Grant ($10,000) for the project “COVID-driven technology adoption and worker inequality in the US” (2022)

Center for Teaching Innovation Graduate Teaching Fellowship ($2,000), Cornell University (2022-2023)

Graduate Teaching Assistant – Outstanding Service Award 2021, Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University (spring 2021)

Serve in Place Grant (for a community service project) from Cornell University (spring 2021)

Selected Research in Progress

“Long-term effects of the WIC program and interaction effects of large-scale public programs”.

“The effect of access to mental healthcare on teen and adolescent pregnancy”.

“COVID-driven technology adoption and worker inequality in the US”, with Bledi Taska.

A study of the effects of education on mortality, with Ciprian Domnisoru and Evan Taylor.

“Native American tribal enrollment: What can be learned from over 20 years of data”, with Elijah Moreno.

“Understanding the Native American tribal disenrollment epidemic: An IV approach”, with Elijah Moreno.

Peer Reviewed Publications

“Energy income and farm viability: Evidence from USDA farm survey data”, with Travis Grout and Jennifer Ifft, Energy Policy, Volume 155, August 2021.

“Distribution of emissions allowances and the use of auction revenues in the European Union Emissions Trading System”, with Åsa Löfgren, Dallas Burtraw, and Markus Wråke, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 12(2), 2018.

Selected Invited Presentations

Data Intensive Research Conference (2023)

Knowledge Share Workshop, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division [SEHSD] of the U.S. Census Bureau (2023)

U.S. Census Bureau FSRDC Presentation Series (2023)

Western Economic Association International (WEAI), 17th International Conference (2023)

American Community Survey Data Users Conference, Population Reference Bureau (2023)

Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting (2021)

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Conference (2020)

Service

Workshop Leader, Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2023)

Volunteer for the Community Investment Committee / T. Merrill Shipherd Committee Board, Tompkins County United Way, Ithaca, NY (January 2020-)

Various Roles, Community-Based Project Evaluation Group (CBPE), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (May 2020-)

Certified Translator / Interpreter for the Translator-Interpreter Program, Cornell University Public Service Center (spring 2021-)

Mentorship

Peer Mentor to three first-year PhD students through the Applied Economics & Management Buddy Program, Cornell University, 2021-2023

Mentee with the Association for Mentoring & Inclusion in Economics, 2022-2023

Software

Stata, SAS, R, Python, \(\LaTeX\)

Other

Special Sworn Status preliminary approval (March 2021 - )

Languages: English (fluent), Ukrainian (heritage speaker), Russian (fluent)